Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Midcon Gas Services Corp., and Chesapeake Panhandle Limited Partnership V…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the lessees acquired fee simple determinable mineral estates by adverse possession under the three-, five-, and ten-year statutes of limitations, reversing the appellate judgments and rendering judgments for the lessees. The Court declined to decide whether the leases terminated due to cessation of production, and a dissent argued that the Court should first resolve that issue.